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Hi All,
I just got an old 2 blade jack knife with the tang on master blade marked BUFFALO CUTLERY CO. The word Buffalo is arched. Master blade is a sheepsfoot, secondary pen blade is broken. It seems to be a very well made knife with nice jigged bone scales, nickle silver bolsters and pins, and brass liners. Both blades have great snap. I do not have a Levines book and am unable to find any information on this company. I'm thinking of having the broken blade replaced. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Jerry

Voyles lists the brand, but provides no information.
Goins says only, "1900-1920".
Levine suggests, but does not confirm, a connection to Buffalo Wholesale Hardware Company in Buffalo, New York, with dates of 1903-19??.
Charlie Noyes

Thanks Charlie.

The C. Houston Price guide to collector knives lists Buffalo Cut. Company as a brand of Buffalo Wholesale Hardware Co. c. 1915, and the knives being made in Germany.

Ritchie and Stewarts 'Standard Knife Collector's Guide' just has a bare mention of the brand.

I have had a bit of luck using historical societies to explore old brands. These societies are staffed, usually, with very dedicated volunteers who enjoy researching. They may even appreciate your knife as a gift, and reward you with a mention of your name in the display. I have donated knives to a couple of such things, the people are very grateful.

http://www.bechs.org/

Although you do not ask, I would strongly object to changing out the broken blade. You would not increase any $ value of the knife and you'd be destroying the historical value of it.

I have seen and owned several knives marked "Buffalo Cut Co."

The few that I have seen had tooling/design/bone/jigging that that led me to believe that the knives were made by Schrade (pre WWII years). I have seen some examples with a shield in the shape of a diamond (the same as would be seen on Diamond Edge pocket knives, but blank).

I believe that they were a firm that would buy factory seconds, grind off the original tang stamping, refurbish, restamp and resell the knives. Many were Schrade factory seconds but I have seen other brands used as well.

This one was a schrade

I don't know if this is the same company or not but I have two fixed blades of vastly different ages marked with the Buffalo brand. One is a bread knife that dates to around 1900 or maybe slightly before(handle is marked,"made with pure aluminum")and the other is a hunter marked "Buffalo Brand" on one side and RU-KO Solingen on the other.Looks like a 1950's era knife.